Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
SummaryFive Black men (four wearing suits, one wearing clerical robe) and one Black woman (wearing suit and hat) standing inside church; one man holds document while pastor holds a box open. Caption: "Making church history--Mementos are placed in the box which will be enclosed during the Concord Baptist Church cornerstone laying next Sunday afternoon at Putnam and Marcy Avenues. Removed from the fire ruins of the former church, where it had remained for 67 years, the safe will again contain materials that may enlighten another generation many years afterward. The contents will include a copy of the United Nations Charter and a copy of the Brooklyn Eagle. Preparing for the 107th Anniversary highlight are the church's boards and program chairman, oldest member and pastor; left to right, Mr. J. Daniel Diggs, Deaconess Beulah Palmer, Mr. Samuel D. Branham (member since 1885), the Rev. Dr. Gardner G. Taylor, Trustee William Bell and Deacon Herman Gardner."
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